Legging.



No. 793,955. PATENTED JULY L, 1905 J W x PYNUH APPLICATION FILED JAN.28, 1905.

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EJI ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,955, dated July4, 1905.

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Be it known that l, JAMES WILLIAM PYNcu, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of ltipon, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of\Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Leggings, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lVLvinvention relates to an improvement in laced leggings; and thepurpose of the invention is to so construct a legging that it will laceat the front and so that the front will be open for the introduction ofthefoot only a portion of the length of the legging, the lower part ofthe front being pcrmi'inently closed by a fold ing tongue.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide means of lacing whichcan be more quickly and conveniently operated than lacings of the usualtype and to so locate and hold the lace at the bottom of the leggingthat it will notdrop under the foot while the legging is being placedupon the person.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a legging represented as laced uponthe leg of a wearer. :lflg. 2 is a perspective view of the leggingunlaced and open; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken,1'n'actically, on the line 3 3 of lllig. 1.

The legging A, is open at the front, providing opposing side edges and11, reinforced at the inner face of the legging by a facing 12 of anystout and pliable material. The space between the two side edges 10 and11 is open only from a point below the longitudinal center of thelegging to the top edge, the lower portion of such space beingpermanently closed by a tongue 13, which extends to the bottom edge ofthe legging, as is shown in Fig. 2. The side edge of the tongue 13 issecured to the inner wall of the legging adjacent to its correspondingedges 10 and 11, and the Application filed January 28, 1905. Serial No.243,029.

edgesol the tongue are preferably introduced between the side wall ofthe legging and the facings 19.. The tongue 13 is made of any suitableflexible material and is of suflicient width to permit the front of thelegging to be opened sufficiently to readily admit the passage of thefoot. l Vhen the legging is closed forlacing, the tongue folds upontheinncr face of the legging and completely covers the space between theedges 10 and 11 at the foot and ankle, and at that time the spacebetween the remaining length of the said side edges 10 and 11 is closedby a flap l t, secured to the edge 10, which flap is sulliciently longto extend over the upper portion of the tongue.

liloolebuttons 15 are secured to the exterior of the legging adjacent tothe edge 11, and eyelets 16 are produced in the opposite side surface ofthe 'legging adjacent to that portion of the edge 10 at the tongue 13,as is shown in Fig. 1, and above the series of eyelets 16 on the sameside of the legging a series of hool buttons 16 is secured. Two eyelets16 are employed for each of the two lowermost buttons 15, and thebuttons 16 are arranged alternately with the buttons 15, as is shown inFig. 1. In one lower corner of the legging an eyelet 17 is made, and acorres iionding eyelet 18 is produced at the other lower corner, whileat the central lower portion of the tongue 13 one or more eyelets 19 arelocated.

The lace B is provided with a knot 20 at one end and is passed from theinside out through the eyelet 17, then across the outside of the tongue13 and through the eyelet or eyelets 19 in the tongue. Thence the laceis passed from the outside through the eyelet 18 and is then lacedthrough the eyelets 16, as is shown in Fig. 2, in such manner as to formtwo outer loops 21, as is illustrated in Fig. 1.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be observed that when the legging isopened the lower part of the lace is supported by the eyelet or eyelets19 and the tongue in such manner that when the legging is being placedon the lower portion of the leg the lower part of the lace cannot loopunder the foot. W hen the legging is on the limb, the flap 1 lis turnedin, and the two edges are brought conveniently together, thus foldingthe tongue 13. Then the loops 21 are drawn upon, tightly closing theedges of the legging at the bottom, and the loops are passed over thebuttons 15 0pposite them. Finally the entire lace is placed undertension and carried first over a button 15 and then over a button 16until the top button is reached, whereupon the upper end of the lace issecured in any desired manner by means of a clamp 22, for example,secured to the legging.

I desire it to be understood that the abovedescribed manner of lacing isapplicable to all kinds of laced leggings, boots, shoes, and rubbers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A laced legging provided with a folding supportfor a lace located between the side edges of the legging at its bottomportion, the said support being provided with openings therein throughwhich the lace is adapted to slide.

2. A laced legging adapted to open at the front, a flexible tonguesecured at its side edges to the inner faces of the body of the legging,closing its front opening at the bottom portion thereof, said tonguehaving an eyelet in its transverse central portion, the body of thelegging being provided with eyelets at its lower front corners, asspecified.

3. The combination with the body of a legg ging or like article ofapparel, open at the front and having buttons adjacent to one side edge,and eyelets and buttons adjacent to the opposite side edge, the eyeletsbeing at the lower portion of said side edge, the body of the leg gingbeing also provided with an aperture at each lower corner, of a flapsecured to the upper portion of one side edge of the body, a foldingtongue secured to the body at its lower portion, extending from one sideedge to the other, which tongue is provided with an eyelet at its lowercentral portion, and a lace which is passed through the corner eyelets,through the eyelet in the tongue and across the outer face of thetongue, the said lace being also passed through the eyelets at the sideedge of the front opening, being adapted likewise to engage with thebuttons adjacent to the front opening, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES WILLIAM PYNGH. Witnesses:

CHAs. GOWAN, A. B. CARTER.

